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The Doobie Brothers in 2025: A tour, a new album and a date with Songwriters Hall of Fame
NEW YORK (AP) — Just cue up the first song from the new album by…
Courtney B. Vance to narrate audio edition of prize-winning W.E.B. Du Bois biography
NEW YORK (AP) — Award-winning actor Courtney B. Vance will be narrating the first ever-audio…
Trump’s cuts to Voice of America may be welcomed by China’s government
BEIJING (AP) — The recent move by U.S. President Donald Trump to make cuts at…
Hollywood director arrested on charges of swindling Netflix out of $11M for a show that never aired
NEW YORK (AP) — A Hollywood writer-director was arrested Tuesday on charges that he swindled…
US government court filings keep Prince Harry’s immigration forms secret
WASHINGTON (AP) — Heavily redacted court filings released Tuesday shed no fresh light on the…
12 killed in Honduras plane crash, including Garifuna musician Aurelio Martínez Suazo
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — A small commercial plane crash off the coast of Honduras left…
Federal union concerned about planned cuts to Translation Bureau
OTTAWA — A major federal union says it’s worried about a plan to eliminate more…
RCMP arrest eight in Montreal, Brampton in human smuggling investigation
MONTREAL — The RCMP arrested eight people in Quebec and Ontario early Thursday as part…
TVA says federal parties have to pay total of $300K for head-to-head French debate
MONTREAL — If the four main federal political parties want to take part in the…
Rapper Yella Beezy charged with capital murder in shooting death of rapper Mo3
HOUSTON (AP) — Dallas rapper Yella Beezy has been arrested and charged with capital murder…
A new exhibition in Paris celebrates Snoopy’s style ahead of his 75th birthday
LONDON (AP) — A new exhibition in Paris celebrates the history of fashion — as…
Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s ‘Listening to the Law’ will give readers an inside account of the court
NEW YORK (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett has a book coming out…
Canadian Music Week founder launches legal action against Departure Festival
TORONTO — The founder of Canadian Music Week is taking the new owners of Departure…
An ancient bronze griffin head is returned to Greece from New York in a major repatriation move
ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (AP) — New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art has returned an ancient…
Q&A: ‘Severance’ is renewed for Season 3. Ben Stiller once thought the series might not get made
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Severance” is beloved by critics and audiences alike. But there was…
What to stream: ‘Wicked’ at home, Selena Gomez in love and Ellen Pompeo in ‘Good American Family’
“Wicked” landing on Peacock for home sing-alongs and Ellen Pompeo starring in her first big…
Canadian Stage lineup offers a mix of domestic classics and provocative imports
TORONTO — Canadian Stage’s upcoming season includes a return of Robert Lepage, the Canadian premiere…
Sex abuse trial of former ‘Dances with Wolves’ actor in Nevada is again postponed
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The sex abuse trial of former “Dances with Wolves” actor Nathan…
Garth Greenwell’s ‘Small Rain’ wins PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction
NEW YORK (AP) — Garth Greenwell’s “Small Rain,” in which a poet falls ill and…
Mega Millions tickets rise to $5, but the lottery promises more giant jackpots
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Mega Millions players will get slightly better odds and should…
Amber Ruffin, cut from White House correspondents dinner, will host PEN America gala
NEW YORK (AP) — Comic Amber Ruffin has a new spring gig. PEN America told…
Sorry not sorry: Restaurants revamp decor, menus to showcase Canadian ties
TORONTO — When Grizzly Bar opens next week in Toronto, diners will have no doubt…
Praise be, loyal ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ fans: Propulsive final season promises a satisfying catharsis
Not long ago Yvonne Strahovski, who plays beautiful, ruthless, deeply complicated Serena on “The Handmaid’s…
George M. Johnson’s ‘All Boys Aren’t Blue’ tops 2024 list of most ‘challenged’ US library books
NEW YORK (AP) — Removing books from library shelves is no longer just a story…